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September 6, 2012
12:56 am

In this picture taken Aug. 11, 2012 people attend a far-right summer festival for the National Democratic Party NPD in the village of Viereck, some 130 km north of Berlin, Germany. (photo credit: AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

Facing possible ban, German far-right changes tack

The National Democratic Party, trying to go mainstream, admits Nazi Germany’s record during World War II included ‘crimes.’ But can this leopard really shed its spots?

By Frank Jordans

September 5, 2012
9:41 pm

Shay Shapira, son of murdered athletics trainer Amitzur Shapira, right, delivers a speech in front of wreaths at a memorial at the former accommodation of the Israeli Olympic team in Munich, southern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (photo credit: dapd, Joerg Koch/AP)

Israelis and Germans mark 40-year anniversary of 1972 Olympic massacre

At air base outside Munich where most of the Israeli athletes were killed, flags are lowered to half-staff and relatives light memorial candles

September 5, 2012
8:26 pm

Republican US Presidential candidate Mitt Romney holds a press conference in Jerusalem Sunday, July 29, 2012 (photo credit: Yoav Ari Dudkevitch/Flash90)

Republicans, too, toned down support for Jerusalem in new platform, Times of Israel learns

A day after Republicans slammed Democrats for their Jerusalem shift, comparison shows that 2008 GOP promise to move US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is gone from 2012 text

By Haviv Rettig Gur

September 5, 2012
7:16 pm

An 8-day-old baby is prepared for his circumcision (illustrative photo: Serge Attal/Flash90)

Berlin declares circumcision legal, but only if performed by a doctor — not as a ritual

State does not authorize mohels, requires that parents be informed of the procedure’s medical risks before consenting

September 5, 2012
3:44 pm

Wexler: Obama best bet for Israel’s security

Florida congressman was among the first Jewish lawmakers to endorse Obama in 2007

September 5, 2012
3:23 pm

EJC president: Rabbis, imams must compromise on religious rites

Kantor advises to build on the Dutch kosher slaughtering model, but says Muslims and Jews ‘should never agree to change their faiths’

September 5, 2012
3:18 pm

Berlin police probing second anti-Semitic incident in a week

Girls from the Chabad Or Avner primary school were verbally abused with anti-Semitic slogans by teenage girls fom the neighboring public school

September 5, 2012
3:09 pm

David Harris, the president of the National Jewish Democratic Council, speaking to a British journalist outside the NJDC bus in Charlotte N.C., Sept. 3 (photo credit: Ron Kampeas/JTA)

At Democratic convention, a focus on Jewish swing voters as key to election win

In seven states — Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada and Michigan — a 10 percent swing among Jewish voters could be critical, strategists say

By Ron Kampeas

September 5, 2012
11:53 am

Illustrative photo of an ancient Torah scroll (photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

US official refutes allegations that Iraq’s Jewish archive has been moved to Israel

From the web Al-Arabiya: Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs Elizabeth Jones says archive still in the US, to be ‘restored and photographed’

September 5, 2012
9:59 am

Illustrative photo of a female prison guard at the Neve Tirza prison in Ramle (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Canadian-Israeli detained for four days for army desertion

30-year old Yana Gorelik, visiting Israel, misses her cousin’s wedding while in jail

By Gabe Fisher

September 5, 2012
9:17 am

Simon Baz, the new Green Lantern (photo credit: courtesy DC Comics)

The first Arab-American superhero

DC Comics’ company-wide revamp introduces Simon Baz from Detroit, the new Green Lantern

By Jeff Karoub

September 5, 2012
5:02 am

Hitler store and owner (photo credit: screenshot/ TYT)

Hitler clothing store in India to change name

Owner gives in, citing appeals from officials and dozens of calls per day from around the world

September 5, 2012
2:07 am

President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event at Norfolk State University, on Tuesday, in Norfolk, Va. (photo credit: AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Democrats accuse Republican critics of ‘stunning, but not surprising’ hypocrisy on Jerusalem

While hitting back at attacks over changes to party platform, Democrats don’t deny pro-Israel provisions have been removed

By Haviv Rettig Gur

September 4, 2012
10:50 pm

President Barack Obama (photo credit: Shutterstock)

Democratic Party platform stripped of key pro-Israel policy statements, Republicans charge

Romney denounces Democrats for ‘embracing President Obama’s shameful refusal to acknowledge that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital’

By Haviv Rettig Gur

September 4, 2012
5:57 pm

Pilgrims headed to the grave site of Rabbi Eliezer Papo arrive in Bulgaria on Tuesday (photo credit: Matti Friedman/Times of Israel)

Bulgaria pilgrimage goes ahead under increased security

Authorities have upped safety measures since the July 18 suicide bombing that killed six in Burgas

By Matti Friedman

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